Safety-razor



(No Model.)

H. B. LEACH. SAFETY RAZOR. No. 402,946. Patented May 7, 1889.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

HENRY B. LEAOI-I, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SAFETY- RAZOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,946, dated May '7,1889.

Application filed October 10, 1888. Serial No. 287,769. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY B. LEACH, of Boston, in the county of Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Safety-Razors, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct the frame or holder of asafety-razor with an adjusting device that will perfectly control theposition of the bladein relation to the edge of the guard without anyprojections or uneven surfaces on the front of the frame or holder. Thisobject I attain by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich i Figure 1 is an elevation of my safety-razor, a part of the framebeing represented as broken out. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 isa rear elevation of the same. Fig. 4. is a front elevation, the bladebeing removed to show the other parts more clearly. Fig. 5 is a verticalsection, enlarged, taken on line a: 00 of Fig. 4.; and Fig. 6 is aperspective, enlarged, showing details.

In Figs. 1 and 2 A represents the handle of my safety-razor frame, and DD D the rear plate.

A, Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, is an arm extending from the handle A forwardand over the blade R, to afford a suitable holder, A A for theclamping-screw B. To adjust the distance to which the clamping-screw Bmay be turned down, I use a gage-screw, C, the end of which rests on thedisk A.

The frame D D D (shown in all the figures, but represented as cut oh":in the perspective view, Fig. 6) consists of a back, D, and end pieces,D D bent, as shown. The end pieces, D and D have clips H, the functionof the clips being to assist in holding the blade R in place.

E E are re-enforcing pieces attached to the plate D, that forms the backof the frame and serves to give fa better support for theadjusting-screws E E.

To make a better finish, the re enforcing pieces E may be bent over, asshown at E Figs. 5 and 6, the part E serving to cover the joint betweenthe part K and the end of the screw E, thus making a smooth finish.

The guard K, Figs. 4. and 6, has two arms,

K K extending upward, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. These arms K K maybe bent, as shown at K, Figs. 5 and G, to form seats for the ends of theadjusting-screws E E, although this is not necessary, as the screws E Emay impinge directly onto the rear of the arms K K and be equallyeffective.

The guard K and its arms K K serve as a front plate for the blade R torest upon. By moving said plate to or from the chps H H, the blade maybe adjusted up or down in relation to the guard K 011 said plate.

Near the lower part of the guard K, I have rearwardly-projecting arms Kone of which is shown at Figs. 5 and 6there being two, one at each endof the guard.

By means of the rearwardly-projecting arms K and pivots K I am enabledto swing the upper end of the guard-plate K K K in and out, so as toadjust it to the thickness and shape of the blade. This adjustment Iaccomplish by the adj listing-screws E. The rear ends of the arms Kserve as checks to prevent the plate from moving too far forward.

As the clips H H in this device are stationary, being apart of theframe, and as this part, which in connection with the clips forms theblade-receiver, is embodied in the guard, it is evident that thecombination of these two elements must form a firm and perfectlyadjustable mechanism for retaining, in connection with theclamping-screw B, the blade R in position.

The adj usting-screws E are represented in the drawings with squareheads, although they may be made in any desirable style.

The guard and its parts are made of a single piece; but the plate ofwhich it is made is sufficiently elastic to admit of adjusting each endK K to adapt it to fit a blade that may have become unevenly worn bylong use.

It will be observed that the arms K K of the guard K in fact form thefront plate of the razor frame or holder.

I claim 1. In a safety-razor, the combination of the frame D D D theholding-clips HH, located as shown, the razor-blade, a clamping deviceoperating upon the top of the blade, the swinging front plate, K, andadj listing-screws E E, substantially as described.

2. In a safety-razor, the combination of the razor-frame D, having endpieces, D D ,'and clips H H, the guard K, having arms K K and therearwardly-projecting arms K by means of which the guard-plate ispivoted at K K within the frame, and the adjustingscrews in the framebearing upon the back of the guard-plate, so as to move the same againstthe razor-blade held between the clips and the guard-plate,substantially as described.

3. In a safety-razor, the combination of the frame, having back B andend pieces, D D the guard K, having the two arms K K bent at K to formseats for the ends of the adjusting-screws, and having alsorearwardlyprojecting arms K pivot-ed at K K within the frame, therazor-blade located between the clips and swinging guard-plate, and theadj L1ShiIl-S0l6W E E, arranged to bear upon the guard-p1ate,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 1st day of October, A. D.1888.

HENRY B. LEACH. Vitnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER, MATTHEW M. BLUNT.

